No Cheats, No System 无外挂的，无系统

1. 1 绝 The Secret Squad 绝密战队 Could It Be the Milky Way疑是银河Urban1.9M WordsCompleted No heroine, no System, no cheat powers. The male lead has none of the usual advantages. He’s young at first and the darling of the unit, then grows up to become the unit’s boss… or its dad? Ah, whatever! The point is, he’s an absolute force to be reckoned with. At the age of six, Yu Zhiming enters the new-recruit training camp of the 15th Unit. There, he learns the meaning of faith and makes many comrades, but his identity prevents him from joining the military. So he can only join the country 35.4kReads9.3Score4.4kShelves

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   It's a very well written book. I want to read it again, but I can't find a replacement.

2. 2 神 The Gods Devour Earth 神噬地球 The Old Donkey Keeps Braying驴子老叫Sci-Fi & Apocalypse507k WordsOngoing [Ensemble Cast] [Anti-Cheat] [Political Intrigue] [No Stereotypical Characters] [Mind Games] (Revised through Chapter 8 of Volume 2. Future chapters will be updated gradually.) Thermodynamics applies in this book. Meditation will not restore your mana! Any method of gaining power will gradually be discovered by others over time, causing its returns to diminish until they eventually reach zero. The protagonist has no plot armor. Even an extra might beat the golden finger out of someone. Everyone 20.3kReads9.5Score4.2kShelves

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   A passerby beats up Goldfinger, and Atheism fights against Cthulhu. [Like] The battle of wits burns the brain, the imagination is wide open, the pulse is thousands of miles away, thousands of people have thousands of faces, and infinite reversals. [Like] When everyone's IQ is online, without the halo of the protagonist, having a golden finger becomes a life-threatening talisman. [Praise]

3. 3 冒 Impostor of the Langya Clan 冒姓琅琊 Eastern Zhou Young Master Nan东周公子南Historical1.5M WordsOngoing (Also known as “The Matter of Me Pretending to Be a Nobleman of the Southern Dynasties”) To transmigrate isn’t a dinner party. It’s a deadly game at every turn. The south is beautiful, yet lofty ambitions often fade away. Since ancient times, the Southern Dynasties have been weak, their heroes short-lived. No golden finger, no System, and no second chance at life. Everything starts from zero! Original owner’s memories: none! Identity: none! Supplies: none! When transmigration becomes reality, ho 499.8kReads9.7Score57.4kShelves

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   Like a thesis, it is a high-quality time-travel novel that is rigorous and reasonable, and all quotes are from sources. The protagonist faces the risk of being regarded as a traitor among the barbarian scouts. He relies on his wisdom and lies to survive. He is decisive and decisive in killing. He has no golden finger and no special abilities. He can only rely on his profound knowledge to make up one lie after another to save his life. He is alone and only directly mediates between three different forces to survive, and gradually strengthens himself. This is not a mindless read, you need to read it slowly with your brain. There are many literary parts in it. If you are interested in ancient poetry and classical Chinese, you can read it carefully. Like me, most people can skip the literary part appropriately. The story is still in the early and middle stages, so you can take your time.

4. 4 恐 The Haunted Teahouse: I Only Sell Objects of Ill Omen 恐怖茶馆：我只卖大凶之物 Lord Salted Fish咸鱼君Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted The world is divided between yin and yang. Some people do business with the living, while others trade with the dead. I deal in the business of the dead, but I don’t sell coffins, paper money, funeral clothes, or paper effigies. What I sell are things you’ve never seen before, things far stranger still… 46.4kReads9.2Score4.7kShelves
5. 5 恐 Horror Tavern: I Only Raise the Most Ferocious Creatures 恐怖酒馆：我只养大凶之物 Lord Salted Fish咸鱼君Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted Tucked away in a quiet alley is a strange tavern that can grant your wishes, as long as you’re willing to set up a terrifying idol in your home... 7.6kReads9.4Score901Shelves
6. 6 镇 The Dragon-Suppressing Coffin and the King of Hell's Fate 镇龙棺，阎王命 Feiyi匪夷Mystery4.8M WordsOngoing They severed my tendons and buried me alive in a sealed coffin, but they didn’t know I was born with the fate of the King of Hell! [Folk horror, feng shui and talismans, incense offerings] Feng shui and fortune-telling, painted-skin demons and spirit summoning, walking in the shadows and corpse driving, corpse-raising spells and curses, yin tattoos and talismanic needles, puppets controlled by strings, red doors sealed with wax, Dogs digging graves on Burial Mound Ridge, ghosts feasting in the R 333.9kReads9.4Score31.2kShelves

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   There are no plug-ins and no system, but there is always an inexplicable confidence in the protagonist.

7. 7 我 With a Fox Immortal, I Subdue a Hundred Ghosts 我以狐仙镇百鬼 Purple Dream Wandering Dragon紫梦游龙Mystery10.2M WordsOngoing The day I was born, nineteen bolts of thunder struck around our family’s courtyard. A fortune-teller said I was born a demon child, fated to suffer eighteen calamities in my life. Either someone else would die, or I would. As it turned out, the fortune-teller met his own calamity on the very day I was born. He carried me out of the village, and suddenly dropped dead! 807.7kReads9.4Score52.6kShelves
8. 8 烟 Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼 A Night of Misty Rain一夕烟雨Eastern Fantasy9.4M WordsOngoing [The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac 896.8kReads9.6Score233.1kShelves
9. 9 那 That Year, That Cicada, That Sword 那年那蝉那把剑 Mo Yu默煜Eastern Fantasy3.1M WordsCompleted Holding a cicada from summer doesn’t necessarily mean holding the whole summer in your hand. But grasp that sword, and you hold an entire world of martial arts. Wield a three-foot blade of gleaming steel. Dream of becoming a revered Sword God, if only for a day. Be an invincible Sword Immortal, if only for a moment. Sever the headmaster’s treasured pagoda and knock the emperor’s crown from his head. He laughs aloud: “Eight kings with zithers, lutes, harps, and pipes; four imps with grotesque fac 97.3kReads9.3Score10.2kShelves
10. 10 灵 Soulmates 灵魂挚友 Chen Chuxin陈初心Modern Romance481k WordsCompleted [From online friends to real-life romance + workplace + sweet romance + devoted couple + wealthy family] As a child, he was a “study machine.” As an adult, he became a “work machine.” He went on countless blind dates but had never had a girlfriend. Then he met her on an online forum. They hit it off at once and became kindred spirits who met every night. She’s the one! But her romantic life begins and ends online. Hong Jingyue: We’ve had 1,095 days together. We deserve to meet in person, don’t y —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Realistic novel, urban, relaxed, warm

11. 11 我 Deicide Learning In A Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.3M WordsCompleted A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled 1MReads9.9Score180.4kShelves

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    Then... Take it away

12. 12 传 Legend Management Bureau 传说管理局 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted (No harem, no formulaic plot, no invincibility, no System, no brainless decisions, and no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if any of that bothers you.) Du Yu dies an untimely death right at the beginning of the story. Hoping to secure a better spot in his next life, he takes a job with the Bureau of Legendary Tales. His job is to return to legends that have gone off course and put their plots back on track. He never expected that the first mission assigned to an ordinary mortal like him would 208.5kReads9.6Score29.3kShelves
13. 13 北 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Northern School 北派盗墓笔记 Yun Feng云峰Mystery4.5M WordsOngoing [Published in print and available online] [The Beipai Notes horizontal-screen drama is now streaming] [Tomb Raiding + Mystery + Antiques] I'm a poor kid from a mountain village in Northeast China. In the early twenty-first century, hoping to make something of myself, I joined a northern tomb-raiding crew. From south to north, I've seen every side of the underworld and crossed paths with people from all walks of life. Over the years, I went from a young man to a middle-aged one. My drinking got b 684.8kReads9.6Score87.8kShelves
14. 14 凡 Mortal Bones 凡骨 Master of One Update壹更大师Eastern Fantasy8.3M WordsCompleted The world’s spiritual bones are divided into four grades. First grade, Heavenly Spiritual Bone. Second grade, Golden Spiritual Bone. Third grade, Profound Spiritual Bone. Fourth grade, White Spiritual Bone. All the rest are mortal bones, with no chance of cultivating. Xu Taiping, born with mortal bones, swears to prove to the cultivation world that mortal bones can slay demons, mortal bones can vanquish devils, and mortal bones can ascend to immortality! 631.2kReads9.3Score91.4kShelves
15. 15 修 Five Years of Cultivation, Invincible the Moment I Descend the Mountain 修仙五年，下山就无敌 Half the Night一半夜色Urban2.5M WordsOngoing [Passionate urban action + decisive and ruthless + funny and lighthearted + no do-gooder heroine] “Dear apprentice.” “Your master is begging you, come down from the mountain.” Five years ago, Ye Fan was abducted by his beautiful master and taken to Kunlun Mountain to cultivate immortality. He became the temple's only male disciple. Five years later, Ye Fan, who had vanished and was believed dead, returns in triumph, possessing peerless powers. A hidden dragon plunges into the depths, stirring up 11.4kReads9.1Score1kShelves
16. 16 冠 The Champion Pretends to Be a Nobody: I Am China's Flying Man 冠军装路人，我，华夏飞人 Huahua Is Not Guolai花花不是果赖Sports1.3M WordsCompleted (Sports + Men's Sprinting + One Female Lead + Olympics + Alternate Universe) My name is Zhao Feng. That year, I met my coach, and I met someone who made me want to become a better person. They told me I should run faster, stand atop the world, watch our national flag fly, and let the world hear the sound of China's national anthem. Run, train, and prove with my own ability that people of Asian descent can run, too! I came chasing the wind, leaving record after record for China in the history of 7.8kReads9.3Score397Shelves
17. 17 末 Apocalypse Snail: A Little Conscience, but Not Much 末世蜗牛：有点良心，但不多 Uncultured, zz有辱斯文zzSci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted [No System or Superpowers] [Comedy] [Wild Ideas] [Plot Twists] [Light Novel] [Protagonist Fans, Read at Your Own Risk] [Bizarre and Explosive] [Not for the Straight-Laced] One day, snails poured from the sky in place of rain. Anyone bitten turned into a monster, and resources became scarce… You'll see a protagonist group that is selfish and self-serving, lacking in empathy, hypocritical, vindictive, fake do-gooders, arrogant, two-faced, all pretenses, and downright crazy... Every las 8.1kReads9.1Score1.1kShelves

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    Really good-looking, you can tell by watching me for a long time

18. 18 穿 Transmigrating into the Primordial World! 穿越洪荒！ User77631134用户77631134Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted A new story is here. This novel is entirely fictional, and any similarities are coincidental. The protagonist has no System or golden finger. He builds his strength little by little. He creates cultivation techniques by taking advantage of trees’ ability to be grafted and propagated endlessly, gradually planting fruit trees throughout the prehistoric world. The protagonist experiences the Beast Tribulation, the Dragon and Phoenix Calamity, the conflict between Dao and Demon, the Witch and Demon 159Reads6.0Score—Shelves

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    This book has no plug-ins and no system. It's very interesting. Give it a try.

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